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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 403 OF 21 MAY 01
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MIPT: NATIONALITY BILL: HONG KONG: SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING
1. YOU MAY FIND IT HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING
IN DISCUSSION WITH UNOFFICIALS.
CONSULTATION WITH AND CONCESSIONS TO HONG KONG
2. (I) AT EVERY STAGE (BEFORE AND AFTER ISSUE OF WHITE PAPER
AND BEFORE AND AFTER ISSUE OF BILL) CONSULTATION WITH HONG
KONG HAS BEEN MUCH MORE INTENSIVE THAN WITH ANY OTHER
INTERESTED PARTY. HONG KONG LEADERS HAVE SEEN LORD CARRING-
TON, IR WHITELAY AND MR RAISON, ETC.
(II)
STRONG REPRESENTATIONS FROM HONG KONG ABOUT THE TWO
CATEGORY PROPOSAL IN THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S GREEN PAPER
PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE CREATION OF THE SEPARATE
CITIZENSHIP FOR THE DEPENDENCIES TO MARK THEIR CONTINUING
CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE UK.
(III) CBDT STATUS HAS BEEN DEFENDED VIGOROUSLY BY MINISTERS
IN THE HOUSE AS PROPER FOR ALL THE DEPENDENCIES AGAINST
STRONG PARLIAMENTARY CRITICISM THAT IT WAS ONLY TO PLACATE
HONG KONG THAT THE GOVERNMENT OPPOSED THE INCORPORATION
INTO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP OF CERTAIN OTHER DEPENDENCIES.
(IV) THE NEW BILL, IN DEFINING THESE CATEGORIES OF
CITIZENSHIP, WHICH COINCIDE WITH THE PRESENT IMMIGRATION
LAWS OF THE UK, IS NOT MATERIALLY AFFECTING THE STATUS OF
HONG KONG CUKCS. THE DIVISION OF THE PRESENT CITIZENSHIP
OF THE BEGIM UNDERLINING UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES CEASE
UNDERLINING (NB NOT CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BEGIN
UNDERLINING TOUT COURT CEASE UNDERLINING) INTO A CITIZEN-
SHIP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND A CITIZENSHIP OF THE
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COLONIES WHICH MINISTERS HAVE DESCRIBED AS PARALLEL
CITIZENSHIPS CANNOT REASONABLY BE REGARDED AS CARRYING
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